Amulatory Surgery Foundation Webinars
Presenters' Biographies
Joanne Schade-Boyce RDH, MS, CPC, ACS, PCS
Vice-President, FairCode Associates, LLC
Joanne Schade-Boyce has vast experience as a Clinician, Educator, Insurance Director, Business Administrator, Lecturer, and Consultant. Ms. Schade-Boyce has over 30 years of experience in healthcare administration with a Master of Science, its focus on Risk Management, from Old Dominion University. Ms. Schade-Boyce has been a lead instructor of educational courses for over 25 years, as well as an expert in development of user-friendly training and instructional manuals. Joanne’s areas of expertise include surgical coding, compliance monitoring, external coding audits, on- and off-site training of surgical coding and billing, as well as professional coding services. Ms. Schade-Boyce’s coding lectures and articles include groups such as Federated Ambulatory Surgery Association, Ambulatory Surgery Center Association, Ambulatory Surgery Foundation, DecisionHealth, HCPro, The Board of Medical Specialty Coding, The Coding Institute, the American Healthcare Information Management Association, and ASC Communications, Inc. Additionally, she is a member of and attends the annual meetings for the American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC) and the American Healthcare Information Management Association (AHIMA), focusing on healthcare coding & compliance trends. Ms. Schade-Boyce is Vice-President of FairCode Associates, L.L.C., a Baltimore Maryland consulting firm, specializing in coding education, ASC audits, and clinical documentation improvement strategies.
Contact Information: Joanne Schade-Boyce, RDH, MS, CPC, ACS, PCS
FairCode Associates, LLC
Baltimore, MD
www.faircode.net
jboyce@faircode.net
Office: 301-540-4859
Main Office: 410-825-6178
Caryl Serbin, RN, BSN, LHRM
Caryl Serbin is president and founder of Surgery Consultants of America, a development and management company for ambulatory surgery centers, and Serbin Surgery Center Billing, an ASC billing and coding company. Ms. Serbin has more than twenty-five years of experience in the healthcare industry, with the last eighteen years spent in ambulatory surgery administration and consulting. Her companies provide development, management and billing services for numerous freestanding and hospital joint-ventured ambulatory surgery centers.
As a recognized leader in the industry, Ms. Serbin presents extensively at ASC national seminars and association meetings, authors articles on ASC-related topics, serves on the board and contributes regularly to industry publications. She was recognized in Who’s Who in the Ambulatory Surgery Center Industry in 2005 and was chosen as the 2007 spokesperson for AAASC to present a series of educational seminars on the changing CMS payment system and its impact on ASCs.
Contact Information:
Caryl Serbin, RN, BSN, LHRM
Surgery Consultants of America, Inc.
12670 Creekside Lane, Suite 401
Fort Myers, FL 33919
Tel. 239-482-1777 ext. 257
Toll Free 1-888-453-1144
Fax. 239-482-0888
Margie Scalley Vaught, CPC, PCE, CCS-P, MCS-P
With over 25 years experience in the Healthcare arena, in positions from nurse’s aide to ward clerk and medical transcriptionist to office manager, Margie understands how offices are structured. Eighteen of those years were spent in the field of Orthopedics. She obtained Certified Professional Coder (CPC) designation in 1995 from the American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC), where she served as a National Board Member for over 3 years. Currently she is performing work for the AAPC as a technical support person, in the Education Department. Also in 1996 she obtained the status of Professional Credit Executive (PCE), which deals with extending credit issues, bankruptcy and collection efforts under the current legal system. She further obtained the designation of CCS-P (Certified Coding Specialist – Physician) in September 2000 from American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA). Having also obtained the credential of Medical Compliance Specialist-Physician (MCS-P) in Jan. 2001, thus giving a more detailed background of compliance issues as outlined by the OIG. In 2003 obtained the credential of ACS-OR Advanced Coding Specialist – Orthopedic. She is a recognized AAPC Approved PMCC Instructor. She has served as the technical advisor for the Orthopedic Practice Coder, for Decision Health since 2000 and became Coding Content Specialist for Decisionhealth in April 2007. Since 1998 she has been providing consulting services to CodeCorrect.com, in regards to their question and answer sections. This section allows their clients to post coding questions relating to all aspects of the medical field and then she will research and come back with supporting information in answer form. In addition she contributes and writes articles for the AAOS Bulletin on an ongoing basis as well as other publications such as AAPC Coding Edge, Orthopedic Technology Review and CodeCorrect Website. Adding to this she also performs internal audits, education and training of physicians and office staff, and helps clinics establish billing and coding compliance manuals, as an Independent Consultant. She has also provided work for GoreTex, LTD in regards to billing, coding and reimbursement issues related to their casting products. She provided to Gore a ‘Billing Manual for Physicians’ Offices’ to help them understand the Federal Rules and regulations related to billing and coding for supplies to obtain reimbursement. She also presents to physician offices/groups regarding documentation and coding requirements. Current member of MGMA/ACMPE, BONES, AAPC, Society for Clinical Coding (SCC), PACHOM and AHIMA. Margie stays current by attending the annual conventions for BONES, AAPC, MGMA and also the AMAs CPT symposium. She has also provided testimony regarding correct coding issues and compliance in Fraud and Abuse cases.
Contact Information:
Margie Scalley Vaught, CPC, PCE, CCS-P, MCS-P
190 Uruqhart Rd
Chehalis, WA 98532
360-880-8304 cell
Scalley123@aol.com
